THEORY OF GAMES, 1944

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 4/11/01 9:39:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mufw at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:

<<      I am shocked by your conclusion. All these examples show that Noun1 +
 Noun2 constructions and Noun2 + of + Noun1 constructions often have
 overlapping, non-coextensive meanings. Thomas Paikeday's original solution to
 derive Noun1 + Noun2 constructions from Noun2 + of + Noun1 constructions (at
 least the way I interpreted it) is inadequate. The examples are very relevant
 because variants need not be derived one from the other. >>

I don't understand what I said that could have been shocking.

I originally asserted that "theory of games" and "game theory" were synonyms.
 Thomas Paikeday created an example to claim that "theory of games" could
have an additional meaning other than the "received" von Neumann branch of
mathematics.  I responded by claiming his example was too contrived to be of
much relevance, and also that "game theory" could also be contrived to have a
different meaning.  Either way I was doing nothing more than defending my
original assertion.

              - Jim Landau